Mutual Insurance 1550-2015 From Guild Welfare and Friendly Societies
In the modern Western world, we tend to be insured by the state or for-profit insurers. We have privileged this system over mutual or micro-insurance, whose long and rich history we tend to forget. Yet, mutual and micro-insurance is becoming increasingly
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MUTUAL INSURANCE 1550-2015
From Guild Welfare and Friendly Societies to Contemporary Micro-Insurers
MAR CO H . D . VAN LEEU WEN
Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Series Editors Martin Allen Fitzwilliam Museum of the University of Cambridge, UK D’Maris Coffman University College London, Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, UK Tony K. Moore University of Reading, UK Sophus Reinert Harvard Business School, USA
The study of the history of financial institutions, markets, instruments, and concepts is vital if we are to understand the role played by finance today. At the same time, the methodologies developed by finance academics can provide a new perspective for historical studies. Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance is a multi-disciplinary effort to emphasize the role played by finance in the past, and what lessons historical experiences have for us. It presents original research, in both authored monographs and edited collections, from historians, finance academics, and economists, as well as financial practitioners. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14583
Marco H.D. van Leeuwen
Mutual Insurance 1550–2015 From Guild Welfare and Friendly Societies to Contemporary Micro-Insurers
Marco H.D. van Leeuwen Sociology Department, Utrecht University The Netherlands
Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance ISBN 978-1-137-53109-4 ISBN 978-1-137-53110-0 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-53110-0
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